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Lebachacanthus
Extinct genus of cartilaginous fishes / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Lebachacanthus is a genus of extinct xenacanth cartilaginous fish known from the late Carboniferous-Early Permian of Europe.[1] Well-preserved specimens, originally identified as Orthacanthus, are known from Meisenheim Formation in Germany.[2] During the late Paleozoic, xenacanths were the apex predators of freshwater ecosystems, preying on small amphibians.[3]
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Specimen in Urzeitmeer-Museum | |
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Chondrichthyes |
Subclass: | Elasmobranchii |
Order: | †Xenacanthida |
Family: | †Diplodoselachidae Soler-Gijon, 1997 |
Genus: | †Lebachacanthus Soler-Gijon, 1997 |
Type species | |
Lebachacanthus senckenbergianus (Fritsch, 1889) | |
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